Located 1.6 km (1 mi) northwest of the community of Siskiyou, 4 km (2.5 mi) north-northwest of Siskiyou Pass, and 8.8 km (5.5 mi) north of the Oregon-California boundary.
Named for explorer and Hudson Bay Company trader Peter Skene Ogden (1790-1854). Mr Ogden, a native of Quebec also served as a fur trader for the Hudson Bay Company. As leader of the "Snake Country Brigade", he explored much of southern Oregon and northern California in pursuit of the lucrative tur trade, and is believed to be the first European-American to cross Siskiyou Pass. He is also reputed to be the discoverer of the Humboldt River. In addition, he blazed much of the California Trail over the Great Basin. Ogden's journals, describing his explorations of southern Oregon were published in 1961.